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Palace, alongside Albion, both appear to have been priced out of a move for Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho, while there are doubts over Saints’ ability to hold onto centre-half asset Virgil Van Dijk this summer.

Semedo, only 22, is the latest in a long list of Sporting players to be linked with the Baggies in recent months.

The most notable in that list is William Carvalho, who Tony Pulis went to watch for his own benefit.